AFA, with support from CSA and supplementary support from AsiaDHRRA and ThaiDHRRA, conducted a Scoping Mission and National Cooperatives and Social Enterprises Forum in Thailand on 8-15 September 2019.
The team, consisting of AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia, AFA Cooperative Development Program Manager Jojo Ebron, and Cezar Belangel of AsiaDHRRA, accompanied by ThaiDHRRA, went to Chiang Mai, Thailand on 8-12 for a scoping mission to get a deeper understanding on the needs and extent of issues and concerns faced by farmers’ organizations and farmers’ cooperatives in the country.
On 13-14 October 2019, a national farmers’ cooperatives and social enterprises forum themed “Harnessing the Opportunities and Potentials of Farmers Organization and Agricultural Cooperatives” was held at IWISH Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
